Hunter Biden prosecutor pushes back on president's politicization claim
Special counsel David Weiss' office on Monday appeared to push back against President Joe Biden's claim that its prosecutions of Hunter Biden were politically motivated, calling such allegations "baseless."
Special counsel David Weiss' office on Monday appeared to push back against President Joe Biden's claim that its prosecutions of Hunter Biden were politically motivated, calling such allegations "baseless."
In a court filing challenging Hunter Biden's request to dismiss the California indictment against him in light of his father's pardon Sunday night, Weiss noted that a number of judges had already rejected the younger Biden’s claims of vindictive prosecution.
In a statement announcing the "full and unconditional" pardon, the president said, "I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted," referring to the cases brought by Weiss that led to a guilty verdict on gun-related charges in Delaware and a guilty plea on tax and fraud charges in California.
"I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice," Biden said.
In the court filing, Weiss's office did not directly mention the president's statement but noted that Hunter Biden filed eight motions to dismiss the California indictment, "making every conceivable argument for why it should be dismissed, all of which were determined to be meritless."
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